Archive of Media headlines

Archaeologists mapping St Albans’ Roman history

Publication date:
31 July 2013

Academics - including Kris Lockyear - from University College London (UCL) are using archaeological geophysics as part of a week-long course to survey and chart archaeology underground without having to excavate. Read: HertsAdvertiser

Teeth made from urine stem cells? Prof remains unmoved

Publication date:
31 July 2013

Professor Chris Mason (UCL Department of Biochemical Engineering) said human urine was a poor starting point. "It is probably one of the worst sources, there are very few cells in the first place and the efficiency of turning them into stem cells is very low." Read: TheWeek

£3.2 million grant for Chair of Palliative and End of Life Care at UCL

Publication date:
31 July 2013

Professor Alan Thompson, Dean of Faculty of Brain Sciences said: “This exciting development will enable the Faculty of Brain Sciences to build on the pioneering research of the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit and make further significant impact for patients, carers and their families.” Read: ScienceBusiness

Archaeology: The milk revolution

Publication date:
31 July 2013

This two-step milk revolution may have been a prime factor in allowing bands of farmers and herders from the south to sweep through Europe and displace the hunter-gatherer cultures that had lived there for millennia. “They spread really rapidly into northern Europe from an archaeological point of view,” says Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics, Evolution and Environment) Read: Nature

Church turns the tables on payday lenders

Publication date:
29 July 2013

Professor John Yudkin (UCL Medicine) says:"...There are many people, followers and non-followers alike, who would welcome a lead from the church in developing truly ethical investment schemes..." Read: The Guardian (letters)

No poem for baby George

Publication date:
29 July 2013

Professor John Sutherland (UCL English Language & Literature), said: "Her [Carol Ann Duffy] duty is to principally commemorate royal events, which means she has got to write a poem about little Georgie. But she won't because she is a lady of strong opinions. It seems to me to be a dereliction of duty." Read: Sunday Express

Why acupuncture is giving doubters the needle…

Publication date:
29 July 2013

Emeritus Professor, David Colquhoun (Department of Biosciences), argues that given the subjective nature of pain, and the difficulties people have describing it, a 10-point difference is pretty insignificant. Most people would not be able to distinguish that sort of difference of pain intensity, which he describes as "minimal". Read: The Observer